E! News has identified Miley's pal as Paul Khoury, a friend of both the former Disney star and her fiancé (check out a pic of Paul, Miley and Liam from a Palm Springs trip back in September).

Although Miley and her pal are apparently just friends, rumors of a broken engagement between the 20-year-old star and her Hunger Games hunk have served as tabloid fodder as of late, with many reports suggesting the twosome have called it quits.

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